Release notes

Version 0.8

Bump Embree version to 3.3

Migrate the ray-tracing backend of the
Star-2D and the
Star-3D libraries from Embree2 to
Embree3.

Version 0.7

Add the Star-2D library. This
library manages two dimensional scenes composed of line segments that can be
then sampled and ray-traced. It is actually the counterpart of the Star-3D
library for the 2D geometries

Add the Star-VoXel library that
manages a set of volume elements (i.e. voxels) structured as a set of axis
aligned cuboids. Star-VoXel also provides efficient ways to index voxels or
access them through ray-tracing.

Add support of phase functions to the
Star-ScatteringFunction library
to describe the angular distribution of light reflected from a body when
illuminated from a specific direction.

Fix several issues in several libraries: refer to the release notes of the
projects for more informations.

Version 0.6

Update the Embree library to 2.17.

Update several Star-Engine projects. Most notably,
Star-3D,
Star-MonteCarlo and
Star-SamPling are updated to the
version 0.5, 0.4 and 0.7, respectively. Refer to their release note for more
informations.

Update the default URL of the pre-compiled dependencies to HTTP secure.